Faculty Members’ Perspective on Virtual Interviews for Medical Residency Matching during the COVID-19 Crisis: A National Survey

Aljamaan, Fadi and Alkhattabi, Fadiah and Al-Eyadhy, Ayman and Alhaboob, Ali and Alharbi, Nasser S. and Alherbish, Adi and Almosned, Badr and Alobaylan, Mohammed and Alabdulkarim, Hayfa and Jamal, Amr and Alhaider, Sami A. and Alsaywid, Basim and Bashiri, Fahad A. and Barry, Mazin and Al-Tawfiq, Jaffar A. and Alhasan, Khalid and Temsah, Mohamad-Hani (2021) Faculty Members’ Perspective on Virtual Interviews for Medical Residency Matching during the COVID-19 Crisis: A National Survey. Healthcare, 10 (1). p. 16. ISSN 2227-9032

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Abstract

During the COVID-19 pandemic, conducting face-to-face medical residency interviews was challenging due to infection prevention precautions, social distancing, and travel restrictions. Virtual interviews were implemented by the Saudi Commission for Health Specialties (SCFHS) as an alternative process for residency matching while striving to maintain the same quality standards. This national survey was conducted to assess the satisfaction and perceptions of faculty members’ virtual interview performance in the assessment for the medical training residency programs. Among the participating 173 faculty members, 34.1% did not have previous experience with video-conferencing. The Zoom application was the most commonly used platform (65.9%). Most (89.6%) of the faculty perceived virtual interviews as “adequate” platforms on which the candidates could express themselves, while almost half of the faculty (53.8%) agreed that virtual interviews allowed them to accurately reach an impression about the candidates. Overall, 73.4% of faculty felt comfortable ranking the virtually interviewed candidates. We conclude that the acceptance of participating faculty members in the first Saudi medical residency training matching cycle virtual interviewing event was well-perceived. This study provides evidence for future application and research of virtual interviews in residency candidates’ assessment, especially after the pandemic crisis resolves.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: COVID-19; medical residency; virtual interviews; satisfaction; survey; faculty member
Subjects: European Scholar > Medical Science
Depositing User: Managing Editor
Date Deposited: 08 Nov 2022 04:32
Last Modified: 26 Sep 2023 05:43
URI: http://article.publish4promo.com/id/eprint/59

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